“Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.”
“I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I'm concerned with.”
| Dana Delany, Actress (1956) |
| Abigail Fillmore, First Lady (1798) |
| Janet Flanner, Journalist (1892) |
| Augustus Hare, Writer (1834) |
| George Jessel, Judge (1824) |
| Sydney Carter, Poet (2004) |
| Clarence Darrow, Lawyer (1938) |
| Hans-Georg Gadamer, Philosopher (2002) |
| Benjamin Harrison, President (1901) |
| Garson Kanin, Playwright (1999) |
| Krzysztof Kieslowski, Director (1996) |